10-20-2009, 02:57 PM
in tv they told it was "Ottone" (brass) so a thin metal very bright but not so strong as bronze...it has that holes that are useful to link the armour with something soft inside (spongia), maybe it was an armour just for celebrations, not for the battle field
Non auro sed ferro recuperanda est patria
Nulla alia gens tanta mole cladis obruta esset
Francesco Saverio Quatrano
Nulla alia gens tanta mole cladis obruta esset
Francesco Saverio Quatrano